Rod may mean:

• Rod (geometry), a straight and slender stick; a wand; a cylinder; hence, any slender bar
• Rod cell, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white)
• Rod (unit), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch
• Rod (cryptozoology), observational artifacts produced by rapidly flying animals
• Rod (god), a Slavic god
• Rod (publisher), a music label from 1950s and 1960s Louisiana
• Rods (Tarot Suit)
• Switch (rod), a piece of wood as used as a staff or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches
• Railway Operating Division
• Fishing rod
• Lightning rod
• Connecting rod, in an internal combustion engine
• Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing

Rod may also be: In geometry, a rod is a 3-dimensional, solid (filled) cylinder. ... Rod cells, or rods, are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in less intense light than can the other type of photoreceptor, cone cells. ... A rod is a unit of length, equal to 5. ... Rods, a rather new entry in the field of Cryptozoology, are said to be creatures that flit about in the air at such a high speed as to not be seen by the naked eye. ... Rod, sometimes referred to simply as god (Div, Diy; in the Veda Slovena Diy or Dia), is probably the most ancient deity in the Slavic pantheon. ... Visconti-Sforza tarot deck – The Devil card is a XX Century remake of the card missing from the original XV Century Deck The tarot is a set of cards featuring 22 trump cards, in addition to the usual suit (face and pip) cards found in ordinary playing cards. ... A switch is a flexible rod, typically used for corporal punishment of the birching type, called switching after it, especially when using a single branch: multiple branches are rather called a rod, a less flexible single rod is rather called a cane, an inflexible one a stick. ... A division of the British Army Royal Engineers formed in 1915 to operate railways on many fronts in World War I. It was largely composed of railway employees and operated both standard gauge and narrow gauge railways. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... An example of a standard, pointed-tip air terminal The term lightning rod is also used as a metaphorical term to describe those who attract controversy. ... piston (top) and connecting rod from typical automotive engine (scale is in centimetres) Components of a typical, four stroke cycle, DOHC piston engine. ... A divining rod (also known as dowsing rod) is an apparatus used in dowsing. ...

• Eubacterium with the shape of a rod
• Penis (slang)
• Gun (slang)

Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ... It has been suggested that Last Call Poker be merged into this article or section. ...

People with the given name Rod

Often as an abbreviation of such names as Roderick and Rodney:

• Rod Stewart, rock musician
• Rod Laver (born 1938), Australian former tennis player
• Rod Steiger (1925–2002), American actor
• Rod Flanders, a fictional character on The Simpsons
• Rod From Avenue Q, a character in the stage musical Avenue Q
• Rod Whittaker, a fictional camp character from the late 80's

Roderick David Stewart, CBE (born January 10, 1945), is an English singer and songwriter born and raised in London. ... For the arena in Melbourne Park used for show matches in the Australian Open, see Rod Laver Arena Rodney George (Rod) Laver MBE (born August 9, 1938, in Rockhampton, Australia) is a former tennis player from Australia who was the World No. ... Rod Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American Academy Award-winning actor best known for his intense performances in such films as In the Heat of the Night, On the Waterfront and Doctor Zhivago. ... Ned Flanders In the animated cartoon series The Simpsons, the Flanders are a family consisting of Ned, Maude and their two sons Rod and Todd. ... Rod is a puppet-played character from the Tony Award winning Broadway musical, Avenue Q. He was originally played by puppeteer John Tartaglia, but is currently played by Barrett Foa. ...

People with the surname Rod

• Edouard Rod, French-Swiss novelist, 1857-1910
• Johnny Rod, American bass guitar player

Edouard Rod (March 31, 1857–1910), a French-Swiss novelist, was born at Nyon, in Switzerland, studied at Lausanne, where he wrote his doctoral thesis about the Oedipus legend (Le développement de la légende dOedipe dans lhistoire de la littérature), and Berlin, and in 1878... Johnny Rod is an American guitar player. ...

See also

• Dowel
• Hot rod, often also referred to as 'rod'
• Pole
• Rebar
• Rood, an old English unit equal to quarter an acre
• Stick, any long object
• Structural steel
• R.O.D., an acronym for the Read or Die anime

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